People’s Progressive Party Commissioners of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) have come out to condemn the unwarranted attacks against Chair Retired Justice Claudette Singh.
In a statement, this morning, Commissioners Sase Gunraj, Bibi Shadick and Robeson Benn noted that seems to have become the norm that individuals and organizations that take actions or make statements which appear to be averse to the rigging agenda are subject to various kinds of attacks.
The trio noted that recently, the vilest attacks have been directed towards the GECOM Chair for the firm stance she has taken in rejecting the fraudulent reports presented by Chief Elections Officer (CEO) Keith Lowenfield. In addition, the Chair is also being attacked for insisting that only the recount figures be presented to the Commission for the purposes of a declaration of the March 02 General and Regional elections results.
“While Commissioners may not always agree with the Chairman, she has always discharged her duties with professionalism, fairness and impartiality, and in keeping with the tenets of the Constitution and other legal provisions. We unreservedly condemn these scurrilous attacks on the Chairman and call upon those engaged in such conduct, including senior members of the APNU+AFC, a contestant in these elections, to cease and desist from so doing,” the Commissioners said.
On Monday, well-known activist of the A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Ryan Williams was on Monday released on $500,000 bail on a charge of threatening to kill the GECOM Chair.
Williams was charged with the offence of using a computer system to compel a person, however he pleaded not guilty to the charge. The prosecution is contending that Williams utilised social media – his Facebook page – to threaten to kill the GECOM Chairperson. It was reported that Williams, under a fake profile (Raheem Rahaman), made the threat.
The threat was made against the Chairperson after she had discarded several fraudulent reports submitted by Lowenfield after he continuously failed to adhere to her directive of using the results from the recount exercise to compile his report.
In addition to this threat, a disturbing video surfaced on social media showed persons conducting a makeshift funeral with a doll which they say is the GECOM Chair.
